How To Install genius on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install genius on Kali Linux. genius is advanced general purpose calculator program (CLI frontend)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install genius on Kali Linux.

What is genius

genius is:

Genius is a general purpose calculator program similar in some aspects to BC, Matlab or Maple. It is useful both as a simple calculator and as a research or educational tool. The syntax is very intuitive and is designed to mimic how mathematics is usually written.

This package contains a command line interface for genius.

There are three methods to install genius on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install genius Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install genius using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install genius

Install genius Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install genius using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install genius

Install genius Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install genius using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install genius

How To Uninstall genius on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the genius package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove genius

Uninstall genius And Its Dependencies

To uninstall genius and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove genius

Remove genius Configurations and Data

To remove genius configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge genius

Remove genius configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove genius configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genius

Dependencies

genius have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install genius package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.